Is eternity a straight line, a never ending circle or a frozen moment in what we call "time"? We can't imagine anything without a beginning and or an ending. When thought of in terms of "time" as we know it, it seems it should be a straight line with no beginning and no end. "Infinity" and "Eternity" are cousins which present the same conundrum. If these two conditions are accurately defined, then the logical conclusion must be that some non-material, infinite, pre-existing being or force is responsible for creating them and the Universe in which they exist was also caused by that same power. Quibbling over its name is not necessary to accept it. The reality WE know began at some "time" and since matter must have had an origin, that origin must have been caused by a preexisting, non-material force. It is something like the age old question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg"?
The primary question would be why this non-material force, which had always existed in a non-material way, one day decided to create the universe and subsequently humans? Does it have emotions, was it lonely, did it need someone to love it, someone to shower its love upon? If we are made in its likeness it could be only in those non-material ways man expresses its being, its soul.. We can never know the answer to those questions but we do know we are here for a reason. Looking at the condition of the world today, I have to believe we have disappointed. We can only hope that if we fix it, that force will not go for a complete do over but just something like a Mulligan in golf, a small attitude adjustment, another chance.
If we are made in its "image" it can't be its physical image, being non-material itself, it has no shape or form, so what is left are the qualities our souls possess and express through our brains and bodies. Life, a state, not a being, being itself non-material and expressed through actions of our living bodies, is not part of the body but resides IN the body. When the "life" can no longer express itself through a non functioning body, it leaves its temporary home and returns to where it came from. We can't have a lot of homeless souls floating around scaring people.
The primary question would be why this non-material force, which had always existed in a non-material way, one day decided to create the universe and subsequently humans? Does it have emotions, was it lonely, did it need someone to love it, someone to shower its love upon? If we are made in its likeness it could be only in those non-material ways man expresses its being, its soul.. We can never know the answer to those questions but we do know we are here for a reason. Looking at the condition of the world today, I have to believe we have disappointed. We can only hope that if we fix it, that force will not go for a complete do over but just something like a Mulligan in golf, a small attitude adjustment, another chance.
If we are made in its "image" it can't be its physical image, being non-material itself, it has no shape or form, so what is left are the qualities our souls possess and express through our brains and bodies. Life, a state, not a being, being itself non-material and expressed through actions of our living bodies, is not part of the body but resides IN the body. When the "life" can no longer express itself through a non functioning body, it leaves its temporary home and returns to where it came from. We can't have a lot of homeless souls floating around scaring people.
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